Table 3.

Average anteroposterior (AP) and mediolateral (ML) callus diameters at postoperative 30^th day

Callus diameters	Ave± SD		Min		Max
	AP	ML	AP	ML	AP	ML
Group A	5.0±1.13	3.7±1.48	3.70	2.40	6.80	6.30
Group B	5.5±0.85	4.0±0.75	4.50	3.30	7.10	6.10
Group C	6.8±1.09	4.6±0.91	5.40	3.20	8.70	5.80
p=0.54*			p=0.02**
p=0.75***		p=0.52****		p=0.18*****

Ave: average; SD: standard deviation; Min: minimum; Max: maximum; ANOVA: analysis of variance

^*p value of macroscopically evaluated AP callus diameters between Group A and Group B (One-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey),

^**p value of macroscopically evaluated AP callus diameters between Group C and Group A and p value of macroscopically evaluated AP callus diameters between Group C and Group B (One-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey),

^***p value of macroscopically evaluated ML callus diameters between Group A and Group B (One-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey),

^****p value of macroscopically evaluated ML callus diameters between Group C and Group B (One-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey),

^*****p value of macroscopically evaluated ML callus diameters between Group C and Group A (One-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey)